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CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above that the argument of the non-Ahmadi scholars about Jesus Christ (as) being alive
in the heavens as supposedly derived from the verse (4:160)of the Holy Quran is invalid and wrong. It is
established, as expounded by the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad of Qadian (as), the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi, that the pronoun “his” refers to individual Jew
and Christian who believe in the crucifixion of Jesus before his own death and not before Jesus’ death.
A Misunderstanding Removed
about The Death of Jesus (as)
ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK SHALL ACCEPT JESUS (as)?
BACKGROUND
The proponents of the belief about Jesus Christ being alive in heavens since more than 2000 years and his
descend on earth in latter days present the following verse of the Holy Qur’an as a concrete evidence for their
belief:
[4:83] Will they not, then, meditate upon the Qur'an? Had it been from anyone other than Allah, they would surely have found therein
much discrepancy.
EVERY ONE FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK SHALL BECOME MUSLIM
[4:160] And there is none among the People of the Book but will continue to believe in it before his death; and
on the Day of Resurrection, he (Jesus) shall be a witness against them.
They claim that according to this verse of the Holy Qur’an, everyone from the people of the Book, i.e., the Jews
and the Christians shall accept Jesus Christ as a true prophet of God before ‘his’ (Jesus’) death. The highlighted
and underlined pronoun ‘his’ in above verse is supposed to be referred to Jesus and not to that Jew or Christian
who is expected to believe in Jesus. They argue that as apparently all the Jews and the Christians have not yet
accepted Jesus Christ as a true prophet of God, therefore, he is still alive in the heavens.
In order to know the exact and correct meanings and interpretation of the above mentioned verse of the Holy
Qur’an, we need to keep in mind the principles of interpretation, some of which mentioned below.
LOGICAL PROBLEM
Before discussing this verse a logical problem needs to be resolved. When we say that each and every one
among the People of the Book shall believe in Jesus Christ before his death, we need to know that people of
what time period we are talking about, because in the verse under consideration, an encompassing and all-
inclusive phrase, “and there is none among the People of the Book”, و ان من ا ہل الکتابis used? So we need to
know whether we are talking about those ‘people of the book’ who were at the time of Jesus; those who were at
the time of the Holy Prophet (s.a.) when this verse was revealed; or those who shall be present at the time of the
second coming of Jesus or all of them?
The onus of reply to this question lies on those who believe in literal interpretation of this verse. However,
ignoring this point, we focus our attention to the crux of the matter. This verse, according to non-Ahmadi
interpretations, states that all of the People of the Book shall unanimously accept Jesus Christ as true prophet of
God before his death. Consequently, there shall be no Jew or Christian left on the face of the earth as all of them
would have been converted to Islam.